Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report has arranged another virtual tasting, tonight it is a tasting of the 2009 L'Ecole No 41 Red Wine. This wine retails for $18 and is fairly widely available.

What you need to do to participate is:
1. Have a *twitter account - a great excuse to use twitter.
2. Buy this month’s wine from a local retailer or from the winery. I found a bottle for $18.
3. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7 and 8 pm Pacific using the hashtag #lecole41 and follow Washington Wine Report @wawinereport on twitter.

My first time participating was last months virtual tasting, a lot of fun.

Join Master Sommelier Fred Dexheimer for #winechat on Wednesday, March 21st. We will be chatting about Chile’s cool coastal Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon wines. You may want to grab these recommended wines, so that you can taste along with us!

* It can be a bit overwhelming tracking all the tweets on these tasting sessions. That is why I use the program Tweetdeck to track tweets. Tweetdeck is available for Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android devices.

Comments

Wow, both of these tastings were truly good and inspiring. If you don't use twitter, I suggest you create an account and start following and tweeting. There are so many great wine conversations going on. Lovely wines.

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